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Reported speech
English grammar reported speech
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English
Intermediate
05/19/2023

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We use reported speech when...
Definition
we want to tell someone what someone else has said.
Term
Backshift
Definition
When we use a tense which is further back in the past to the one used by the speaker.
Term
Present simple changes to...
Definition
past simple
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Present continuous changes to...
Definition
past continuous
Term
Present perfect changes to...
Definition
past perfect
Term
Past simple changes to...
Definition
past perfect
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Past continuous changes to...
Definition
past perfect continuous
Term
Will changes to...
Definition
would
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Can changes to...
Definition
could
Term
"I am having an amazing night"
Definition
He says he is having an amazing night
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"I have had an amazing night"
Definition
He said he had had an amazing night"
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"I was having an amazing night"
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He said he had been having an amazing night
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We don't change the tenses when...
Definition
the repprting verb is in present simple or present perfect.
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